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Code + CPR + Open Data = Personalized generative art
Code + CPR + Open Data = Personalized generative art
Imagine owning a unique artwork rooted in Danish cultural heritage the moment you are born and assigned a social security number. Does that…
Merete Sanderhoff
Feb 10, 2023
New year, new art in the public domain
New year, new art in the public domain
Celebrating Public Domain month 2023 with a closer look at some of the new artists in SMK’s collection who have entered the public domain
Merete Sanderhoff
Jan 5, 2023
SMK Open
SMK Open
Openness as strategy at SMK, the national gallery of Denmark
Merete Sanderhoff
Oct 3, 2022
How to do things with data: Creative re-use of SMK’s digitized collection
How to do things with data: Creative re-use of SMK’s digitized collection
Aiming for “radical openness” we’ve published SMK collection data in the most liberal fashion we could think of. One aspirational goal is…
Jonas Heide Smith
Jul 29, 2022
Digital kunst i fremtidens museum?
Digital kunst i fremtidens museum?
Sammensmeltning af den virtuelle og fysiske verden
Merete Sanderhoff
Mar 4, 2022
The Gods Are Changing
The Gods Are Changing
An interview with film maker Lucio Arese on his prize winning short film Les Dieux Changeants based on 3D scans from SMK Open
Merete Sanderhoff
Jun 14, 2021
We’re all over the map — how we geolocated SMK artworks with the kind help of humans and machines
We’re all over the map — how we geolocated SMK artworks with the kind help of humans and machines
Burning churches, rolling hills, and ragged seascapes — we’ve placed them all on a map of Denmark. With a companion social media campaign…
Jonas Heide Smith
Apr 12, 2021
SMK Open Year One: The first 12 months of SMK’s online collection
SMK Open Year One: The first 12 months of SMK’s online collection
The online collection of SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst has just turned one. Time flies, I know. But what happened? How did users react…
Jonas Heide Smith
Jan 13, 2021
Happy Public Domain month 2021!
Happy Public Domain month 2021!
This year, we welcome the turn of the year with excitement for several reasons — the obvious one being that we left 2020 behind — but also…
Merete Sanderhoff
Jan 7, 2021
The Social Image — what makes a photo work on social media?
The Social Image — what makes a photo work on social media?
What works and what doesn’t? Some photos seem born for social media while others fall flat, failing to engage, impress or inspire. But…
Jonas Heide Smith
Jan 6, 2021
Enter the Art
Enter the Art
We have invited artist and creative coder Andreas Refsgaard to develop a tool to make it fun and explorative to experience the SMK…
Merete Sanderhoff
Dec 17, 2020
The ultimate absolute best of SMK OPEN 2020
The ultimate absolute best of SMK OPEN 2020
The SMK Online collection, codename (and real name) SMK OPEN, has been live for the entirety of this bizarre year. And because nothing…
Jonas Heide Smith
Dec 15, 2020
New art on the block
New art on the block
More artworks to enjoy from home
Merete Sanderhoff
Dec 4, 2020
The Fall of the Titans augmented: Thoughts on SMK’s new AR filter
The Fall of the Titans augmented: Thoughts on SMK’s new AR filter
We just launched an Instagram filter bringing one of our highlights to digital life. Here’s why…
Jonas Heide Smith
Sep 3, 2020
Become a part of a beautiful floral canvas straight from the hands of the masters of painting!
Become a part of a beautiful floral canvas straight from the hands of the masters of painting!
Check out an innovative AR filter #ZEROWASTECULTURE based on art from public domain now available on Instagram
Alicja Peszkowska
Jul 22, 2020
Leisure in Times of Quarantine 😷
Leisure in Times of Quarantine 😷
Open Culture to the Rescue!
Alicja Peszkowska
Mar 13, 2020
January is a month of art joy
January is a month of art joy
Five artists represented in the collection of SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst have entered the Public Domain as of 1 January 2020. That…
Merete Sanderhoff
Jan 24, 2020
We’re open! — Thoughts on building a new home for SMK’s online collection
We’re open! — Thoughts on building a new home for SMK’s online collection
On 29 November 2019 we’re finally, proudly, and with some trepidation launching SMK’s brand new online collection. Call it SMK Open.
Jonas Heide Smith
Nov 28, 2019
SMK’s collection search levels up
SMK’s collection search levels up
Or Why They Put Art in Artificial Intelligence…
Jonas Heide Smith
Sep 4, 2019
Scanning SMK, one sculpture at a time
Scanning SMK, one sculpture at a time
In June, we had the great pleasure and fortune of a two week visit by Jon Beck and his handscanner! Jon is a volunteer and activist at…
Merete Sanderhoff
Aug 29, 2019
Finally: A new website for SMK
Finally: A new website for SMK
SMK.DK: On 15 August 2018 SMK gets a new website. Here are some of our modest thoughts behind it.
Jonas Heide Smith
Aug 14, 2018
New app lets you explore every tiny detail
New app lets you explore every tiny detail
As of this day you are invited to explore SMK highlights at an unprecedented level of detail. We’ve been working with the good people of…
Jonas Heide Smith
Apr 25, 2018
A billion little pixels
A billion little pixels
The characters in Carl Bloch’s ‘From a Roman Osteria’ may not look pleased to be interrupted in the middle of supper, but don’t let that…
Joakim Züger
Apr 6, 2018
Wow, we won!
Wow, we won!
What curator and tireless open access fighter Merete Sanderhoff is holding here, is nothing less than the Danish Open Data Award 2018.
Jonas Heide Smith
Mar 8, 2018
SMK Open nominated for Open Data Award 2018
SMK Open nominated for Open Data Award 2018
Open data are gaining ground all over the world, including Denmark. In the last couple of years, many museums, archives and libraries have…
Merete Sanderhoff
Mar 2, 2018
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